Antiquities but itself has antiquities because they were looted and plundered during colonial times and plundered during colonial times and obviously thousands of years before. fir and obviously thousands of years before. ., ., before. or even later and more recently- before. or even later and more recently. absolutely. before. or even later and more recently. absolutely. it- before. or even later and more recently. absolutely. it is - recently. absolutely. it is interesting because it seems that now they interesting because it seems that now they are having even temporarily a taste now they are having even temporarily a taste of now they are having even temporarily a taste of their own medicine. for us in a taste of their own medicine. for us in the a taste of their own medicine. for us in the research group everything unesco us in the research group everything unesco related, it will be interesting that the british museum will have interesting that the british museu
This is not a good night at the museum. how could theft on such a scale happen? do you think their position is untenable? not really, ithink do you think their position is untenable? not really, i think if i had been untenable? not really, i think if i had been in those positions i would have gone had been in those positions i would have gone virtually immediately. tonight we rejoined by charles suamerez smith, the former head of three national art insitutions, and christos tsirogiannis, unesco s expert on the trafficking of illicit antiquities. also tonight, brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. at a summit in johennesburg, the five brics countries push for expansion, and challenge what they see as the g7 s hegemony. so what is their plan? we ll be speaking to a former china analyst for the us department of defense, a south african international security expert who s at the summit and the host
Objects, gold or silva, jewellery, because you can melt down or dismantle a piece ofjewellery. and then these things disappear on the black market and sometimes even on the legal market. black market and sometimes even on the legal market. we may never know the legal market. we may never know the true scale the legal market. we may never know the true scale of the legal market. we may never know the true scale of the the legal market. we may never know the true scale of the damage - the legal market. we may never know the true scale of the damage to - the legal market. we may never know the true scale of the damage to this . the true scale of the damage to this priceless collection. but tonight the largest museum in the world is in crisis. with me now charles saumarez smith, former director of the national gallery, the national portait gallery and chief executive of the royal academy of arts. and christos tsirogiannis, archaeologist and antiquities trafficking expert who works w